Khesht Oil Field (Iran)

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Khesht Oil Field is an operating oil field in Iran.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Khesht Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Khesht	Operating	Iranian Central Oilfields Company	National Iranian Oil Company (100.0%)	1994	–	2022	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Khesht Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	initial in place	902.2	million bbl	2007	​
oil	primary reserves	160.5	million bbl	2007	​
oil	secondary reserves	36.5	million bbl	2007	​
oil	Remaining reserves	197	million bbl	2007	​
oil	recoverable reserves	270	million bbl	2015	​

Table 3: Production from Khesht Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	3.29	million bbl/y	2022
production design capacity	oil	7.3	million bbl/y	2022

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Khesht Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iran	Onshore	29.4327, 51.4879 (exact)

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